Icon Size on Desktop Toolbar

Q:Icon Size on Desktop Toolbar

I've searched for a while now but can't seem to find a way to increase the size of the icons on the desktop toolbar. Maybe it's something that can't be done but it'd be good because they look silly that small when you have large icons set on the taskbar

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Icon Size on Desktop Toolbar

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I did search. I apologize if this has been asked a thousand times already.

How can I use large icons in the Windows Explorer toolbar? Specifically, the "Change your view" icon that lets you choose from icons, details, list, tiles, etc.

My hand is not that steady and I spend half my time trying to hit this button and missing. In XP I could just right-click on the toolbar, select Customize, and select Large Icons at the bottom of the dialog. This feature (like many other customization features in Win7) appears to be hidden or missing. Have I missed something obvious here?

ok I did a lot of research and a lot of people seems to think they know what I am talking about but infact they dont, and i have try and tried many of the methods they suggested and its obviously not working thats why im posting here.

I want to manually change the icon size of the toolbar/quicklaunch, NOT the taskbar, but most likely the pinned icon via toolbar/quicklaunch in window 7. this might also be related to changing icon size of the pinned icon on taskbar, but its not the taskbar thats troubling me, it is the toolbar/quicklaunch icons.

options listed and exists large and small icon size. large is too large, small is too small. i believe and strongly believe there is a way to change it, either through registry, or resource hack some .dll file, i donno which but i would like to get some help from experts please.

i hope to see other people out there sharing the same pain as i do.these are the things that ive tried.

as you can see from picture below, same icons. but large is too large, small is too small. i wish there is a change in registry where i could modify this as i do not wish to use 3rd party dock.

those 3rd party program looks nice, but since they are not part of the taskbar, windows that are opened block them, and even if they do come with functions to be always on top, they block the windows that are opened instead.

unless theres a 3rd party dock that can be part of the taskbar, im wont be interested in it.

A few days ago, I purchased a new 19" widescreen monitor, and have a question regarding Office 2007.

The resolution of the monitor is 1680 x 1050 32-bit, and when I open up any of the Office programs, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are small. I have been unable to find how to use larger icons with the Office 2007 programs. Is there (if at all) any way to use larger icons in the Quick Access Toolbar?

Need a little help here. I just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 [Asus K501N]. Old laptop was a MacBook Pro, and I have to say I'm loving W7 so far.

One little minor annoyance that I can't seem to fix. I like having the Desktop toolbar on my taskbar right next to the Start Menu, and then all my program taskbar buttons beside that. I have the same thing set up on my XP machine at work.

Problem is, when I lock the toolbar, the size of the dividers makes the Desktop taskbar stick out a bit, to show some of the child items. I've attached an image to hopefully illustrate what I mean.

So I need help finding out how I can get the Desktop toolbar to have the expanding arrow right flush with the end of the text. Any clues?!

Thanks in advance

A:Size of Desktop Toolbar on locked taskbar

Hmm, this is probably not the right procedure but it works for me:

1. I move a couple of icons from the notification area into the "box" behind the little arrow (just drag it over).2. then I unlock the taskbar and move the toolbar name with the double arrow on the dividers such that the bit of folder is no more visible3. I lock the taskbar - a bit of the folder is still visible4. I drag the notification icons from the "box" back onto the taskbar - now the folder bits have disappeared

Not a very geeky way of doing things, but it seems to work - at least for me. They apparently need a little "push" from the right side.

Can anyone help me with my problem regarding my toolbar icons and even on desktop icon like the Excel I have, no icon appear and all I see is white with its file name ?file.xls? as example. I have my Microsoft Office properly installed and when I double click it, it normally opens the file. I also restarted my pc many times but still no excel icon. All I want to fix is that why there?s no excel icon.

I have researched until I am blue in the face and not found out how to do this.

We are getting ready to have house guests, and I have created an account for them to use. I would like to create a desktop shortcut icon which is roughly double the size of the other icons to draw attention to it. The target file will be a basic readme with a couple of short rules for using my computer.

If I cannot find a way to create the single larger icon, I will resort to another idea I have in mind. That idea is to type the rules in Word and use Snipping Tool to capture the text and use the resulting image as a desktop background.

drpepper

A:Is there a way to change the size of only one desktop icon?

Why don't you just use sticky notes ... make the note as large as you want

I am using windows 7 starter edition on my dell netbook, but find the icons a little large, with XP its simply a matter of reducing the number size in advanced settings (display properties-appearence-advanced-item) but how do you do this with 7 starter ?

I have already used the icon size set to small, but find them not small enough.

Thanks.

A:Desktop icon change size ?

See here: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/...-windows-vista/

This is just one more example of Windows fixing something that ain't broke......I know that I can access the desktop through the far right of the toolbar, but I want what I've had for years......the simple little show desktop icon on the bottom left/middle.

I searched for this issue, and I followed instructions on one site.....I created the "showdesktop.scf" file on the desktop, but I can't seem to get it to pin to the taskbar....it will pin to everything else: the start menu, windows explorer, my grandpa's beard.....but how can I get it to just sit there on the taskbar????

But neither of these seem to change anything. Even if I change the icon size by using right click or the mouse scroll wheel, these values don't change at all. So where is this data really stored? Thanks in advance.

How can I reduce size of the SHORTCUT ARROW on icons, for very hi-rez desktops?I have 30 in. monitor (2600X1900 res.) I have too many shortcuts, so I have to keep them smallest, but arrows are not proportionally small. They are covering most of the icon area, thus I can't see the content of the icon.

A:Desktop shortcut icon's arrow size.

You can try installing some third party icon packs. Some of these icon packs have better looking shortcut icons, possibly with smaller shortcut arrows beside them. Some third party themes also come with such icon packs but they are harder to install.

I have connected my laptop to a 40" LCD TV using HDMI cable and everything works fine. Since the desktop icons/fonts on the TV shows default (small) size from the laptop, in order for me to see it from the distance I have to change the desktop icons/fonts to a larger size.

Here is my question; Is there a way to set up a different desktop icon/fonts size to match the TV and the laptop? (perhaps different profile settings???) Meaning, when I disconnect the HDMI cable from the TV, I want the size of the icons/fonts go back to default/small size icons and vice versa .

Hope this question makes sense.Thanks in advance!

A:Desktop icon/font size on the laptop and the TV

Quote: Originally Posted by freesunshine

I have connected my laptop to a 40" LCD TV using HDMI cable and everything works fine. Since the desktop icons/fonts on the TV shows default (small) size from the laptop, in order for me to see it from the distance I have to change the desktop icons/fonts to a larger size.

Here is my question; Is there a way to set up a different desktop icon/fonts size to match the TV and the laptop? (perhaps different profile settings???) Meaning, when I disconnect the HDMI cable from the TV, I want the size of the icons/fonts go back to default/small size icons and vice versa .

Hope this question makes sense.
Thanks in advance!

I can't think of anything that exist within windows. It wasn't necessarily designed to be used on 40" LCD from 10' away in the way you are using it. That's why Windows Media Center's fonts are so much bigger.

Per this Topic here on 7F: dual monitor text is different sizes between screens you're out of luck.

By default Windows 7 has desktop icon view set to Medium. I want to change the default user NTuser.dat hive as part of SCCM build so that each new user has small size by default, but can change if they wish (hence can't do it as a GPO)
Does anyone know the registry key(s) to change?

Ian Burnell, London (UK)

A:Registry key to change desktop icon size

Hi,
This view size is controlled by HKU specific user registry. Thus it can't be mapping to another user account.
If you insist, there is a complex workaround(However I wouldn't like to recommend you use this method):
Copy the following registry value to place another user's registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
Note: It can't be imported, just copy its value.

I am using windows 10 Pro > Microsoft Edge.
When I create a shortcut om my desktop the ICON is to small, see example
I try to refresh with the pull down menu of the desktop, refresh BUT DON'T work..
Is there a way to refresh this ICON to the correct size?
Thx Robert

I wish to know if there is a way to change the font size/style (bold, etc.) of the icon labels ONLY on the desktop screen.

I've tried the Control Panel method (Appearance & Personalization -> Display) that allows me to change the fonts for 'ICONS'. However, this option also changes the appearance of fonts in the directories/filenames, which is not what I want.

E.g. Labels on the desktop with size 12 and bold. Fonts in folders: size 9 and UNbolded (default style).

Hi, This is my first post. I recently was given a new Dell 15R touchscreen computer and it was upgraded to Windows 8.1. I've only used Windows XP up until 3 days ago. I am a novice user.

I liked the way the desktop icons looked in XP, the shortcuts for Netflix and Ikea were a nice big red box with an N in it for Netflix, a yellow and blue box for Ikea . They were medium sized, about 1/2" big, but I could recognize them easily and quickly because of the individual graphics.

Now with Windows 8.1, the shortcut icons are a 1/2" white square and a very teeny tiny logo in the center that I can barely see and have confused with other similar icons. I have found where to change the icon size and text size but not the icon appearance. Where would I find this? I have right clicked on the desktop, I've looked in the control panel, I've checked display.

8.1 is a heck of a learning curve for me and I am enjoying learning the new system but I would like to be able to quickly and easily see what I put on my desktop.

Thank you for any and all help. I appreciate it.

A:How Do I Change Desktop Icon Appearance, Not Size Nor Text

Hi Giselle, Welcome to 8 forums.

This link might be able to help you. Changing the Visual Appearance of Windows 8 | HP? Support

Hi all, I just installed WIn8.1 Prox64 and I'm facing the following issue. I want to be able to adjust the desktop icons' spacing (vertical and horizontal), desktop icons font size, etc. In Windows 7 this was achieved by going to Personalization/Wndow Color/Advanced Appearance Settings and then you'd have a drop down menu with many items to be able to adjust. In Windows 8.1 it seems that this list is much more limited or impossible. Am I missing something or otherwise is there a 3rd party tweaker for this? Thanks

A:How to adjust desktop icon labels font size, spacing, etc?

Not sure on font size, but here's a tutorial on Desktop Icons - Change Horizontal and Vertical Spacing in Windows 8

I am trying to find the registry key that will change the desktop icon size to small.

This is mainly for new users, or for the default user. I have workstations that have several people sharing them and need this for everyone.

I have looked in these locations:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop\IconSizeAndHKey_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon Size

I played with both these settings for myself, and the desktop icons do not change.

If I reboot, the first key value goes back to 32, and the second key stays at 96.But my icons never change in size.

I am looking for any way to do this in the registry.

I could try copying the ntuser.dat but fear I will still have issues with paths, and other defaults that will cause the same problem I had originally.

A:Registry hack to set the desktop icon size to small - Win7 64bit

Click on an open area of the desktop, then hold down the Ctrl key and roll the scroll wheel on the mouse. The Icons will get bigger or smaller depending on which way you scroll the mouse wheel. No Reg hack needed.

I have a PC connected to my tv in the lounge which i use as a media centre mainly.It's 4 meters away from my armchair and my eyes aren't so good any more so I increased the icon text size to 150%.that was fine except the one other Program I use regularly, which has a fixed windows size is now too big for the screen.

I only wanted the text size altered. Why is this happening?

PC is win 7 and I altered the text size from control panel/display BTW

thanks

Mike

A:resizing desktop icon text seems to change the size of program windows

Im no expert on this but i thought if increasing above 100% you may need to reduce screen resolution to still fit display window

I have finally decided to put my screen settings to 1024-768 or what ever that one is lol .. but my only problem now is the font size.. for example up top of this page where it says file,edit, view etc..is really small and same as the name thats down on my bar at the bottom of my screen where my open windows are they are really small and I want to make them bigger how do I do that? also .. my quick launch icons are super small can I make them bigger? I made the ones on my desktop bigger but can't figure out how to make the quick launch ones bigger.. can anyone help me please.. Ty.

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My question is how do I make the icon conform a set size after it is embedded? Right now I have to go back and resize all the icons after I finish the embedding. I think the trick is to use a 'With' loop but haven't figured it out yet. Here's the code. Thanks for your help:--------------------------------------------------------------

I want to increase the type font display size globally, for all applications & windows features, but I want to preserve the smaller desktop icon size. Is there any way to adjust them independently?

I know about the advanced display settings for window color & appearance, and that has some good settings, but it is not sufficient, because it does not change most instances of text as it displays in applications.

Thanks for any suggestions.

A:Any way to change type size but NOT icon size?

Here's my whole list of font size change settings, one of which might provide the answer for you. You've probably tried some of them, but see if there's something here that might change the font size on those icons, without changing the size of the icons themselves:

1. This is the one of the main setting tools for setting various locations of Windows font sizes. Right-click on the Desktop and go to Personalize, Window Color and Appearance. Click on Advanced, and in the drop-down menu, select the item that controls the location where you wish to change the font size. (Note: the last one, Window, does not have an option to control font size.)

3. Screen Resolution: Right-click on the Desktop, choose Screen Resolution, click on the down-arrow at the end of the Resolution box, and pick the desired resolution. Check OK.

4. Display: Right-click on the Desktop, select Personalize, then Display. From the 3 settings: Small, Medium, Large, if screen defaults to Medium (125% size for font and images) and that?s too large, use Small for 100% size (aka ?normal?)

5. At the lower right hand corner of every IE web page, there?s a Zoom control that lets you increase the size of every web page, and it stays at that Zoom setting for every page until/unless you change it.

I right clicked on the Taskbar and checked Quick Launch and hit the Apply button. This put the Quick Launch toolbar on the Taskbar with the Show Desktop and Internet Explorer icons. I deleted them and now I can't duplicate this action. I can get the Internet Explorer icon back. But I can't get the Show Desktop icon back.

Does anyone know how to get the Show Desktop icon back on the Quick Launch toolbar.

Thanks,

royeo

A:How to get the "Show Desktop" icon back the "Quick Launch" toolbar

Go here http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm and go down to where it says 'Restore Show Desktop Icon'. Download the exe and run it.

Im running windows xp pro .The toolbar at the bottom of my screen is now about an inch in height i can move it to other positions on screen as well as making it bigger but can only get it to return to its usual size if i close the Quick launch launch toolbar on it.I have run adware and Avg aswell as hijack this and can see no obvious reasons for this ANY ideas please

I am not using any 3rd party software. I am running just Windows. I understand that MS provides an option to increase the size on the toolbar. That works just fine to increase the menu size. However, it does not solve my question.

Scenario - When I right-click on the taskbar there is an option "toolbars => new toolbar". Using it you can add a folder (for example). Now when you go to look at the folder using the toolbar the size of the drop down text is extremely small and hard to read.

Question: Is there an option inside Windows or a registry entry that can be modified to increase the size of the font?Thanks

A:Text size on toolbar (not taskbar)

Is this what you are talking about?

If so, as you can see, the text is the same size as text on the Desktop.

I'm having fun with this new "personas" thing that lets one have a personal background image for the toolbar pallet, but the pallet isn't large enough to do the images much justice. I'm surprised there isn't a way to just (click and drag) to increase/decrease the pallet size.

On my old Win 7 computer the toolbar icons were pretty easy to see. Now, I'm just setting up my new computer and I've found the toolbar icons are really, really tiny. Actually, all the toolbars and controls have shrunk! Can someone tell me how to increase the sizes of the icons?

A:Internet Explorer Toolbar Icons: Size

Hi Chips,

My name is Uttam from Dell Social Media Outreach Team. In response to query I assume that its about Internet explorer toolbar. On the new system its possible you have newer version of Internet explorer.

1. Enable the Menu bar on the top of the browser and check for icon size. 2. Or, on top right of Internet Explorer -> go to Page -> try resetting both 'Zoom' and 'text size'3. Or, press and hold control key and same time scroll up and down to see the difference.

I posted this topic elsewhere but didn't get answer yet. So, I may post it here hoping to find the right answer.Well, I would like to reduce the size of URL address toolbar, or better to customize it in a manner that its size fits to the length of URL being visited in Firefox. I mean that if the URL is long, for example (useless to click, a fake example!): http://www.urlverylongblablablablablablabla.com), the URL bar length should extend accordingly and if it is short (ex. http://www.ff.com) the size of URL toolbar should also be short accordingly. I tried to insert a flexible space on right of the bar and drag it on left but this didn't work.So, does somebody has a trick to customize the URL bar size, and benefits of the gained space to stick another bar utility?

Thank you in advance

A:How to reduce the address toolbar size in Firefox?

Quote: Originally Posted by sevener

Hi all,

I posted this topic elsewhere but didn't get answer yet. So, I may post it here hoping to find the right answer.Well, I would like to reduce the size of URL address toolbar, or better to customize it in a manner that its size fits to the length of URL been visited. I mean that if the URL is long, for example (don't try to open, it is a fake examples :http://www.urlverylongblablablablablablabla.com), the URL bar length should extend accordingly and if it is short (ex. http://www.ff.com) the size of URL toolbar should also be short accordingly. I tried to insert a flexible space on right of the bar and drag it on left but this didn't work.So, does somebody has a trick to customize the URL bar size, and benefits of the gained space to stick another bar utility for example?

Thank you in advance

I have one " manual " way. It does not adjust the length automatically.

Rest your cursor at the extreme right side of the address box > the cursor should turn into a 2-pointer > left click and HOLD > drag the address box to the right or left to fit the length of the url.

I have Taskbar vertically on the left. Works well, I like it as it is. On two of my rigs I also have a tablet input device, which puts its own toolbar on Taskbar.

When Taskbar is not locked, the size of the icon is as it should be, the smallest possible as I've set it. When I lock the Taskbar, it seems the size of the toolbar icon is "randomized"; it can stay small as I want to, or it can be huge.

When rebooting, it's normally never the same size it was before shutting Windows down. It really is totally random.

Any ideas?

Taskbar not locked:

Taskbar locked:

Kari

A:Tablet input toolbar in Taskbar > random size

I have absolutely no idea whether this is related to your question but take a look anyway.

i recently downloaded avast 4 and ran a boot log scan. No virus came up in the scan. The scan was not run in safe mode for the following reasons. The first attempt at logging into safe mode i hit F8 and clicked on SAFE MODE. After doing this different file names shot down the screen Example.. disk0partition followed by file names....The second time when i attempted safe mode the file windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe was on the black screen. The commonpriv.loglock desktop icon and commonpriv notepad icon are still on my start page. My hijack this log is as follows:Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2Scan saved at 2:04:07 AM, on 2/17/2010Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981)Boot mode: Normal

i recently downloaded avast 4 and ran a boot log scan. No virus came up in the scan. The scan was not run in safe mode for the following reasons. The first attempt at logging into safe mode i hit F8 and clicked on SAFE MODE. After doing this different file names shot down the screen Example.. disk0partition followed by file names....The second time when i attempted safe mode the file windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe was on the black screen. The commonpriv.loglock desktop icon and commonpriv notepad icon are still on my start page. My hijack this log is as follows:Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2Scan saved at 2:04:07 AM, on 2/17/2010Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981)Boot mode: Normal

i have something called the Yz dock bar (just like object dock from stardock) and it uses the PNG file format for the icon images. does anyone know where i can get a package of PNG icons that are the windows xp default icons... ive searched google and various websites, but nothing...

Today I installed some recommended updates for vista and in the middle of the install everything became jumbo sized. Have tried to get it back to normal by going into control panel and changing settings but no luck. Please help me!

A:Solved: How do I get my screen, toolbar, and Icons back to normal size?

Because I'm a change-resistant dinosaur, I just upgraded to Windows 7/ IE 11 over the weekend, from XP and IE 8. I've adjusted to everything, except one thing.

When I click on the Favorites star icon in Internet Explorer, I would like for the explorer bar to come up on the left hand side of the screen, instead of the drop-down menu. Or to have another icon on one of my toolbars that does this. Currently, I have to go to View > Explorer Bars > Favorites to get this to happen. Three clicks when I used to only need one. I have over 500 favorites that got completely reorganized into alphabetical order since the upgrade, and the drop down menu really, really sucks for looking for something low on the list.

Is there a quick and easy registry download or add-on that will do this for me? I already stumbled across 'how to create your own icons' but it got way too technical way too fast.

Please don't answer for me to just ditch IE, I do use Firefox and Chrome as well. I just use them all for different things. And aside from this recent snafu, I like IE's UI the best.